SongPop on Your Mobile Device

Are you ready to play a game that will enable you to never move off your couch again?  Do you want to play a game that will make you neglect everyone in your life?  Are you tired of having a clean house and you would prefer to just let everything dusty while you play a totally useless music game?

Well, great!  I have the game for you! It is called SongPop and it will be your new addiction.  The game is quite simple.  You can download it to any mobile device and you challenge others to the game.  It is like playing Name That Tune, but at a much faster pace. 

You can choose from playlists like 80s Collection, 90s Alternative, Classic Rock, Classic Rap, Modern Rap, Today's Hits, Alternative Country, Musicals, Nostalgic 20s - 60s, Love Songs, Modern Country, and many more.  You can battle against people you do not know or battle against your Facebook friends.  Within no time, you will no longer check your phone for texts or emails or calls.  You will check for SongPop challenges.  Your life is about to change!

The best part of the app is it is totally free unless you want to pay so the game will be commercial-free and you can hear longer samples.  You are about to embark on a new journey in your life... the SongPop journey!

Smoothies Aren't Just For Health Nuts

If you are like me, you probably hear the word "smoothie" and you think, "Blah... healthy!"  I am here to tell you, that does not have to be true!  Yes, my friends, it is possible to make a smoothie that is totally unhealthy. 

I have a new blender and I have become inspired to make delicious and fairly unhealthy smoothies.  Most smoothies typically have milk or coconut water.  You can add healthy items like yogurt or a banana or kale.  But just because you add those healthy items, doesn't mean you can add some equally unhealthy items.  If you want that smoothie to taste great, you'd better count on adding some stuff that is not that healthy.

Some totally unhealthy stuff you can add to a banana smoothie are:

Chocolate syrup
Caramel syrup
Vanilla extract
Coffee creamer - any flavor!
Whipped cream
Ice cream
Sherbet
Flavored instant coffee
Alcohol
Sugar
Peanut  butter
Crumbled pieces of cake or cookies
And much, much more!

If you can put it in a blender, you can add it to a smoothie.  I would not recommend adding all these items at the exact same time, but you can add a few at a time.  Don't stop until you have made the most delicious smoothie ever.  Just don't bother counting the calories... I assure you it will be too depressing.  Have fun!

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Happy New Year!

Although 2012 was an interesting year in many ways, most folks are happy it is over.  It doesn't seem like anyone was having the best year ever, so let us move on to 2013.  Happy New Year!!!

In January 2013, we can look forward to a new season of Mob Wives returning to VH1.  We can also look forward to some cool movies being released at the theater, such as A Haunted House and Mama.  Yes, already 2013 is shaping up to be a good year for entertainment.

In 2013, I will be trying out many new smoothie recipes to share with readers.  If you think about it, smoothies are the ultimate food for the couch potatoes of the world.  You don't even have to bother with chewing!  Why focus on all that work when operating the remote control already takes so much energy?

Happy New Year!

Old Navy and the Griswolds

Old Navy has really outdone itself this year for their Christmas commercials.  Everyone's favorite vacationing family, the Griswolds, are featured in the new Old Navy commercials.  You can see the gang wearing Old Navy pants, and later, Old Navy sweaters.

The commercials feature Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Juliette Lewis from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.  The Sweater Sequels commercial even features some of the missing kids from other National Lampoon movies.  After all, they switched kids for each movie, so why not?

The only thing missing from these Christmas commercials is Cousin Eddie.  I sure wish Randy Quaid would make an appearance on the next commercial.  (Hint, hint, Old Navy.)

Catfish: The TV Show

For those of you that have not had the delight of watching Catfish: The TV Show yet, you are seriously missing out.  It is the show everyone is talking about.  The basis of the show is very simple: the show unites people that have met online yet never met in person.  Let the drama begin!

Originally, Catfish was an indie movie about a couple that met online.  Nev, our host of the TV show, thought he was in love with a girl he was talking to online.  Turns out, a married women in her 40s was just pretending to be the girl he thought he loved.  So basically, the show is the same concept.

Some of the online couples on this show have been talking for years and years, yet they've never met in person once.  One couple had been talking to each other for 10 years online, yet never skyped once or met in person.  This show definitely shows you all the dangers of "dating" a person you've actually never met.

In two cases so far, the "man" of two participants dreams turned out to be women.  I've seen 4 episodes so far, and still, no happy endings seem to be in sight.  It seems as if these are all sad stories full of lies and betrayal.  At the same time though, how could one not be suspicious of someone online that is never willing to meet in person or skype? 

In many of these cases, it seems as if the person is lonely and wants to believe the person on the other end of the computer is perfect for them.  I am convinced somewhere deep down, they must know this is a fantasy.  Otherwise, why would they not put more working into finding out the truth?  Within a short period of time, Nev and his buddy, Max, are able to learn plenty about these people using basic search methods online.  Why can't anyone else think to do this?
I suppose none of that really matters.  All that matters is the sheer awesomeness of Catfish.  If you've ever dated anyone online or you just like really shocking, crazy endings, Catfish is a show you should be watching on MTV.

America's Funniest Home Videos

This is not so much a blog post as it is a random thought... how on earth is America's Funniest Home Videos still on TV?

After all these years, you can still watch people getting hit in the crotch, people falling down stairs, and animals and babies do ridiculously cute things.  People are still watching this show!

I really would not even know this show still existed except my parents insist on watching it.  I suppose I can't even judge the reasoning behind keeping this show on the air.  Considering my parents will watch the same old clips mixed with a few new clips over and over again, there is always going to be an audience for this show. 

The Weather Channel and Hurricane Sandy

It is October 28, 2012 and the folks on the Weather Channel are living it up.  Let me just say, I appreciate getting the warnings about Hurricane Sandy.  Do I need to hear anyone call it Frankenstorm?  Probably not.  However, I live in Maryland and since dear little Miss Sandy is going to hit us, I am happy to hear up to the minute updates. 

The forecasters at the Weather Channel are close to peeing their pants with excitement about this storm.  I suppose if my job were to forecast the weather, this would be truly exciting for me, too. Obviously this is the type of storm forecasters wait for while telling boring forecasts about a cloudy day or a partially sunny sky.  The people at Weather Channel are flipping out right now. 

The problem with the entire Frankenstorm / Hurricane Sandy thing is the Hurricane Irene situation.  Anyone that was not hit hard by Hurricane Irene is not paying as much attention as needed to Hurricane Sandy.  The folks at the Weather Channel are all but bouncing off the walls trying to insist this is going to be worse than Hurricane Irene.  I understand they want us to take it seriously, but perhaps they should take it down a notch on the panic level.

Most of us have already gone out and bought food, batteries, flashlights, etc.  We know!  Thanks Weather Channel for helping us.  But please stop trying to freak out people more than they already are freaked out.  Furthermore, how about you let that nice gal that is standing on the beach in Nags Head, NC go back inside?  We get it... it is windy.  We don't need her to get blown away just to prove that point. 

Important websites to visit if you live on the east coast:

Weather Channel - Disaster Supply Kit

American Red Cross - Disaster Checklists

FEMA's website